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“Don’t you think that’s a little bit bright?” Maddie’s mother said “bright” as if she had been holding it out at arm’s length with her nose pinched.
“Well, obviously you do, mother.”
“Don’t you get mouthy with me, little miss.”
“Whatever.”
Maddie slumped into the middle seat of the family Previa and looked out the window. Mothers didn’t understand a lot of simple things in life or they just tried real hard to make it seem like they’d never wanted to look good for a man or for themselves. Maddie pulled at the bright yellow pleats bunched about her knees and let the color cheer her soul.
